Alexie Glass-Kantor

Alexie Glass-Kantor (née Glass) is an Australian artist and gallery director. As of March 2022 she is the Executive Director of Artspace Visual Arts Centre in Sydney.

Early life and education

Alexie Glass was born in Sydney, New South Wales

Glass-Kantor received a Bachelor of Art Theory (Hons) degree in 1999 from the University of New South Wales.

Career

In 2006, Glass-Kantor was appointed director and senior curator of Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces in Melbourne.[1]

She was a director on the board of the National Association for the Visual Arts from 2010 to 2014.

In 2012, with Natasha Bullock, Glass-Kantor co-curated Parallel Collisions, the 12th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia.[2]

In November 2013,she was appointed Executive Director of Artspace Sydney[3], where she retains the position as of March 2022.[4]

In 2014, Glass-Kantor was invited to curate Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong.[5] Later that year, she was invited as guest judge for the churchie national emerging art prize in Brisbane.[6]

Since 2015, Glass-Kantor has been the chair of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA).[7][8]

She serves or served on the MCAD Advisory Board for De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines.

As of 2022 she is the arts industry representative of the Academic Board of the National Art School in Sydney.[9]

In 2021 Glass-Kantor was appointed curator for Australia's 2022 representation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, to be presented by artist Marco Fusinato.[10]

References
  1. "'You promised me…' Group exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery". Vogue Living Australia. NewsLifeMedia. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Art Gallery of South Australia :: Exhibitions :: Adelaide Biennial".
  3. Atlas Agency. "Artspace".
  4. "People". ArtSpace. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Art Basel in Hong Kong Hires Alexie Glass-Kantor as Encounters Curator". Artnet News. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. "'the churchie' national emerging art prize 1 August – 20 September 2014: Exhibition labels" (PDF). Griffith University. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. "Chair of CAOA Alexia Glass-Kantor speaks…". Regional Arts Australia. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. "About". Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. "Academic Board". National Art School. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  10. "Biennale Arte 2022". Australia Council. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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